Principal Software Engineer

Job Description:

• As a member of our placement team, you will design, develop, maintain and expand on our set of cutting edge detail placement tools.
• You will be working on the forefront of technology in the area of advance node lithography driven placement.
• The primary responsibility is designing, developing, troubleshooting and debugging software programs on Unix/Linux platforms.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of core placement algorithms
• Develop, maintain, enhance core algorithms
• Interact with routing team and gigaopt team to define next generation algorithms
• Do peer code reviews and maintain a high quality thread safe code & test base.

Requirement:

• The candidates should have strong software programming skill with C/C++ and QoR/PPA knowledge.
• Solid experience and background in EDA backend flow, including placement, timing, optimization, and routing.
• Strong interest and understanding of complex software development in UNIX platformare required.
• Good verbal and written presentation are must.
• Good relationship to TSMC foundry and design companies a plus.
• Minimum master degrees in EE or CS. PhD preferred